Registrar - Emergency - 2024

Alfred Health

Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory, to inpatient and home and community-based services.

About the Role

Alfred Health runs the premier training program in Emergency Medicine at The Alfred and Sandringham Hospitals. Trainees benefit immensely from the opportunity to rotate across both sites and gain experience in these diverse clinical and academic environments. 

Applications are now open for our 2024 Emergency Registrar positions.  All suitably qualified medical officers are encouraged to apply.

From previous trainee:  "It has been an exhilarating and highly rewarding experience over the last 2 years at the Alfred.  It's a high functioning academic department with great external rotations.  Whatever your interest, be it trauma, ultrasound, research, retrieval medicine or education, you will find a FACEM at the Alfred to mentor you." Registrar 2018

Training sites:

The Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre is a dynamic department which, in addition to a high acuity case mix, offers:

• Tier 1 (36 months) accreditation by ACEM
• 5 hours protected teaching time each week
• Highly successful Primary and Fellowship Exam training programs held every Wednesday
• Extensive emergency medicine research program – support available for trainees (co-ordinated by Prof Peter Cameron and Prof Dev Mitra – Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Monash University)
• External rotations including:
  • Alfred ICU
  • Cabrini ICU
  • Alfred Anaesthetics
  • Cabrini Anaesthetics
  • Trauma Services
  • Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
  • Cabrini Hospital ED
  • Hyperbaric Service
• Senior registrar program designed to develop non-clinical skills to assist the transition to consultant.  All Training Stage 4 (TS4) trainees will participate in this program, giving mentored exposure to Quality Improvement & Quality Assurance projects as well as opportunities to develop and deliver education sessions.
• Research Fellow position.  This position is part time clinical and part time research and is intended for a senior trainee with a passion for research.  
• Education Registrar position.  This position is part time clinical and part time medical education and is intended for a senior trainee with a passion for medical education.  The Education Registrar position give experience in a variety of aspects of medical education including: curriculum design, content development, tutorial planning and delivery, medical simulation and academic assessment.

Sandringham Emergency Department is a busy urban district ED seeing approximately 43,000 presentations per year, offering trainees:

• Tier 2 (24 months) accreditation by ACEM
• Paediatric presentations for Paediatric logbook
• 5 hours protected teaching time per week - trainees are rostered to attend - held at Alfred ED
• Senior registrar program designed to develop non-clinical skills to assist the transition to consultant.  All Training Stage 4 (TS4) trainees will participate in this program, giving mentored exposure to Quality Improvement & Quality Assurance projects as well as opportunities to develop and deliver education sessions.

Qualifications and Skills Required

Candidates must possess the following experience and attributes:

• MBBS, MD or equivalent degree enabling registration with the Medical Board of Australia;
• Successful completion of at least three post graduate years;
• Acceptance into and continuation in ACEM training program is preferred, but not essential;
• AHPRA medical registration without conditions, undertakings or reprimands.

Benefits

Working at Alfred Health, you will be part of a talented, caring, dedicated and innovative team committed to improving the lives of our patients and their families, our communities and humanity. You will work as part of a team in an environment that values respect, support and compassion as much as knowledge, skills and wisdom.

Alfred Health staff can also access a great range of other workplace benefits.

Enquiries: For further information regarding the Alfred Health medical training positions, please contact Dr Jeremy Stevens (Deputy Director Emergency Services for Alfred Health) on (03) 9076 2782 or email [email protected]

Applications close: Monday, 31 July 2023

Candidates are advised that applications are reviewed as they are received and the department and hospital may finalise appointments prior to the closing date if appropriate, therefore, please lodge your application as soon as possible.

Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve.  Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.

In compliance with the Victorian Chief Health Officer's Mandatory Vaccination Directions, all Alfred health employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19 with TGA approved vaccine and must have evidence of their vaccination status. 

Website: www.alfredhealth.org.au